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2021

Daily routine and Sanyam

One thing you have to understand that Swami Sivananda did not teach yoga, but he taught and he presented the yogic lifestyle. If you look at his writings, you ’ll see that he focuses on the daily routine that one should live and on sanyam that one should have. Look at this time of pandemic all around us. What has been the biggest impact of the pandemic. Some people may say the effect of the

2021

From ahamkara to manas

The first evolute of human existence is ahamkara, ego. It is the first identity of an individual without awareness. From a handful of seeds if you pick one out, the seed is still a seed, but you have isolated it. That is ahamkara, selection of one, isolation of one. The moment you isolate one from the other, it is seen as an independent unit. Ahamkara is that: the first separation from our cosmic, transcendental nature. That

2021

Awareness – essence of consciousness

As human beings, in order to experience this cosmic creativity affecting our life, we have only to become aware. In awareness there is perception, cognition, understanding, wisdom and right action. Awareness is the key. Awareness is not an activity of the mind that we experience in our daily life. It is an inherent attribute of consciousness. It is the essence of consciousness, and we have to move towards realizing that consciousness, realizing the essence of

2021

The Growth of Satyananda Yoga

It was only in the last fifty years that visionary sadhus felt that yoga was going to be the need of society in the future. In the Northern school of yoga the person who set the ball rolling was our paramguru, Swami Sivananda. He gave yoga a dynamic twist, bringing it out from philosophy and into practice. Although the Dashnami sannyasa parampara to which we belong follows a Vedantic tradition, not a yogic one, in

2021

Continual evolution

In this general trend of living, there is one understanding that allows human beings to develop their skills and their inherent qualities: that we are all evolving. If that awareness and understanding is there, that we are evolving and there is a continuation even beyond death, then naturally the desire comes to know what evolution is and how we can become better. It is this quest to improve one’s self that is the main drive

2021

Understanding Ηatha Υoga

Hatha yoga is a precursor to raja yoga. The practices of hatha yoga lead you to raja yoga and the practices of raja yoga lead you to other higher yogas. Each yoga is a step; no yoga is the final destination. They are steps that take you from one level to another. Hatha yoga is the starting point; it is like the primary class where you learn the ABCD. Hatha yoga is not asana. It

2021

Foundations of ideal life

Foundations of ideal life: sadvichara, satkarma and sad-vyavahara The foundation of ideal life, from the spiritual perspective, is sadvichara, sadvyavahara, and satkarma: appropriate and correct thinking, appropriate and correct behaviour, appropriate and correct action. Once appropriateness comes into your thinking, behaviour and action, then you can begin to think of what to acquire and what to let go of in order to find harmony, peace and balance in life, away from the distractions of material

2021

Ηealth and Ηappiness

All societies seek health and happiness. In any civilization or society, we have always struggled towards health. After all, modern medicine started with the discovery and use of penicillin during the second world war, not even one hundred years ago. What did we do before that to manage our health problems, our psychological and emotional problems? What systems were followed by other cultures and civilizations? Were we all pumping medicine into our bodies, or did

2021

Awareness

In the absence of awareness yoga does not fructify in life. You can practise hatha yoga for forty years and you can practise meditation for forty years, but that is not yoga. There is a beautiful statement by Swami Sivananda. Somebody asked him, “Can I go to the caves and practise my meditation in isolation, in silence?” Swami Sivananda said, “It is not necessary, because once you go to the cave, you will be spending

2021

The purpose of Guru Poornima

The purpose of Guru Poornima is to celebrate our link and association with our guru and master. The specific reason to celebrate Guru Poornima is the connection with the guru element, guru tattwa. This guru element is power, it is not a person. Guru is power. Sri Swamiji used to tell us many times that the electrical current flows in the wires and it illuminates the bulb. The capacity of the bulb decides how much

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